We are currently living in the era of the attention economy. It is a big market, much bigger than you might think. Think of it as what gets shown on the front page of a social media site or what streaming service you pick. People are competing for eyeballs and there is only so much space to showcase your work. This also includes the ads that get seen at the top of a Google search and people pay a lot to have their links pop up. And it an be worth the cost, you are getting traffic passively. This is one of the strongest assets of steemit as it gives value to the coin. The more you have the more attention you can get and thus there is a reason to buy and hold it.
This economy is only getting more intense as new sites try to make a place for themselves. But it is not the only new economy that is emerging. The leisure economy is getting paid to do something you like and in the case of a possible future it is going to be gaming. If a game is popular enough and there is enough of a progression in game that people can earn items and sell them (and the game is popular enough) then yes, in theory, you could have a leisure economy.
In order for this to work you would need items that are rare and levels that take time to beat. This would make them valuable and people who want to cut back on time can just buy the items instead of grinding. Why would they want to do that? So they could compete online or be able to grind for better equipment right away. It might sound silly to some but it is already a real thing and with crypto it can be a lot more mainstream.
These are the new economies that our world is entering, do you think we are going to see a massive change in how we see work? I am okay with a lot of jobs not being jobs but I hope we don't lose our sense of work and charity.
